October Festivities!

We had a very busy, fun-filled October! This year Luke was old enough to participate in so many more things.

We started out the month by visiting our friends the Matthews and the Lonergans in Plano/Dallas. We hadn't seen the Matthews trio in a while and I was in baby heaven! And Jess brought sweet Fynley over and it was so fun to see her little personality developing!

My pantless son listening to Ashlyn reading

Ainsley and Asher

Luke and Ashlyn playing with sweet Fynley

My precious friends Jess and Kandace

Then we had the Reveal Party to announce we're having a BOY! I posted more pictures on my Party Blog here.

Everyone biting into their BLUE cupcakes!

Then we took Luke to the little Pumpkin Patch here in Abilene and bought him and Parker their own pumpkins.

Trying to find the right pumpkin

Showing off his and Parker's pumpkins

And Luke got to help carve the pumpkins this year too! Of course we had to choose a Mickey Mouse for one of them (Daddy worked very hard on it)! And Mommy did the silly face. Luke didn't know what to think of all the gooey stuff but he had fun exploring!

Helping with the cleaning out

Daddy with his Mickey Mouse pumpkin

Helping Mommy with her silly face pumpkin

The finished products! We were pretty proud since it was our first pumpkin carving :)

We were excited about trick or treaters on Halloween too since we were in a house instead of an apartment. Jonathan saw my 3 big bags of candy I bought and thought I was crazy... needless to say we'll be getting 4-5 bags next year! We decided that since we didn't have a fall festival to take Luke to we would dress him up with what he already had. So he got to be a Honduran soccer player (thanks to Aunt May's mission trip earlier this summer). He loved carrying around his soccer ball and saying "soccer player!"

Our little soccer player

Trick or Treating at our neighbors

Showing his skills

Checking out the candy bowl

Luke handing out candy... he would only hand it to the little kids :)

At the end of October, Jonathan had his 10 year high school reunion. We went to the football game Friday night and Luke loved every second! He loved sitting by the band and watching them play and dance. He kept saying "march, march!" After the game we put Luke down at Jonathan's parents house and headed out to a restaurant to visit with some of Jonathan's old friends. It was a lot of fun to hear old stories about how he was in high school and meeting some of his old friends.

It seems like every month we watch Luke develop and grow by leaps and bounds! He seems to be excited about being a big brother and says "Parky Andon belly, right there!" all the time. He is amazingly good at all sports so we're anxious to see which he will choose down the road. He sings songs while playing his toy guitar and does a little dance with it sometimes. :) We are looking forward to more family time in the coming months as the holidays quickly approach!